Devour Hope: Good or Bad

Use it all the time on my "fun build".

Best way i can put it to good use is to equip it and then ignore the Hex Totem completely.

If they ever cleanse it, oh well.

And of course if i see someone run to it or cleanse it, i should probably try to stop it.

But mostly ignore it.

It's true this bad boy varies depending on your Killer, but even Killers like Hillbilly & Shape can get some profit from the Exposed bonus.

Hillbillies can replace their charge time and restricted aim with a quick slap or lunge with better aim, which could mean a difference.

Shape wouldn't have to stalk to 99% first.

And then there's those on who it shines a lot more, like my man Wraith.

As long as you use the objects to sneak up on them from a good direction and they don't time their Sprint Burst exceptionally well, they're practically down.

You practically pulled off a grab.

Ahh, and then the good ol' killing.

Definitely more powerful than the Exposed bonus, cause why end chases earlier when you can just cancel any future chases, right?

Except the fact that it's behind that bonus is what makes it less powerful to me.

Once you have Exposed, any secrecy is usually out the door, unless you managed to get 2 down after you get your 3rd Token.

Everyone knows: This Perk is mighty dangerous if you let it be, and getting to 3 Tokens means they all know they gotta find it now.

Even if you're at just 1 Generator left, depending on your playstyle & Killer, you could still easily snowball.

I remember this one time on Groaning Storehouse where i got 5 Tokens, smacked a Survivor down and started the kill half a second before my Hex Totem got cleansed.

Thankfully, the kill goes through at that point, but i didn't let go of M1 at any during the kill. 😋

My other Perks are ones that can help me out greatly, with or without it.

With how RNG can sometimes treat you, if it gets cleansed early and you got something like Thrill of the Hunt on, that usually means it's a dead Perk as soon as Devour Hope gets cleansed.

Defensive builds can surely work, i acknowledge that.

But this Hex would take a lot of setup for a defensive build, and well, i don't like Trapper for that reason, so y'know. 😅

Anyway, lately i've been loving Make Your Choice a lot.

I'm usually gone from the Hook after hooking someone anyway, unless i see someone nearby of course.

So it's not like DH & MYC force me to go away, it's more like i'm getting a bonus for something i already do.

MYC also isn't a Hex Perk, and while it might only be 60 seconds, if your plan is purely to go for the unhooker, you'll usually get the hit.

It misses out on killing, can't deny that.

Its unhook range is also 8 meters further, but ehh, just take 10 more steps or so.

It's now my preferred Perk for the serious builds, and DH replaces it in my fun build.

As for slowdown, it really depends on the Survivors' personalities.

Some people need to find it once they know it exists, while others prefer to power through Generators once they know of it, in the hopes to not even suffer any effects of it.

This is of course assuming it's still up and you revealed that you have it.

I've seen quite a lot that Generators just suddenly stopped popping once i down someone with Exposed, it's pretty good.

Ehh, i think that's it?

Fun Perk, and can be very viable, but map RNG & Survivor-spawn RNG really need to be on your side.

It's a reason why Ruin is used much more: Immediate negative effects on the primary objective makes its spawn location not matter all that much.

But! I find very few things more satisfying than killing all 4 with it.

Sure, it definitely won't happen often, but that's what makes it satisfying to get, i'd get bored if i could do it every 2 matches.

Also, preventing any chase from happening whatsoever makes me feel powerful as fuck.